I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it!

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

I've never feared the unexpected.

I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.

I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.

I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.

I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.

I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.

Music is such a healing thing, no matter who you are.

When I first came to Los Angeles, I was a teacher in Compton. I know how in need schools are around the country.

Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.

Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.

Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.

Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.

No grief has a right to immortality. That ground belongs to joy, to hope, to faith.

Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.

Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it.

It's the Devil's way now, There is no way out, You can scream and you can shout, It is too late now.

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.